我们学的是弗雷德里克.D.S.乔伊编著的《国际会计学》第五版(东北财经大学出版社),老师给了自己做的课后的讨论题和习题的英文版的答案,我想请大家帮忙翻译成中文版的,谢谢啦!下面附上中文题目和老师给的英文答案。CHAPTER9DiscussionQuestions1.使用财务报表进行经营分析的4个步骤是什么?为什么在每个步骤中,国际背景下的分析要比对单个国家的分析更困难?答:a.BusinessstrategyanalysisDifficultiesincross-borderbusinessstrategyanalysis:Identifyingkeyprofitdriversandbusinessriskintwoormorecountriescanbedaunting.Businessandlegalenvironmentsandcorporateobjectivesvaryaroundtheworld.Manyrisks(suchasregulatoryrisk,foreignexchangerisk,andcreditrisk)needtobeevaluatedandbroughttogethercoherently.Insomecountries,sourcesofinformationarelimitedandmaynotbeaccurate.b.AccountinganalysisDifficultiesinaccountinganalysis:Twoissuesareimportanthere.Thefirstiscross-countryvariationinaccountingmeasurementquality,disclosurequality,andauditquality.Nationalcharacteristicsthatcausethisvariationincluderequiredandgenerallyacceptedpractices,monitoringandenforcement,andextentinmanagerialdiscretioninfinancialreporting.Thesecondissueconcernsthedifficultyinobtaininginformationneededtoconductaccountinganalysis.ThelevelofcredibilityandrigoroffinancialreportinginAnglo-Americancountriesgenerallyismuchhigherthanthatfoundelsewhere.Infact,financialreportingqualitycanbesurprisinglylowinbothdevelopedandemerging-marketcountries.c.Financialanalysis(ratioanalysisandcashflowanalysis)Difficultiesinfinancialanalysis:Extensiveevidencerevealssubstantialcross-countrydifferencesinprofitability,leverage,andotherfinancialstatementratiosandamountsthatresultfrombothaccountingandnon-accountingfactors.Differencesinfinancialstatementitemscausedbynationaldifferencesinaccountingprinciplescanbesignificant,andunpredictableinamount.Evenafterfinancialstatementamountsaremadereasonablycomparable,interpretationofthoseamountsmustconsidercross-countrydifferencesineconomic,competitive,andotherconditions.dProspectiveanalysis(forecastingandvaluation)Difficultiesinprospectiveanalysis:Exchangeratefluctuations,accountingdifferences,differentbusinesspracticesandcustoms,capitalmarketdifferences,andmanyotherfactorshavemajoreffectsoninternationalforecastingandvaluation.Applicationofpricemultiplesinacross-bordersettingrequiresthatthedeterminantsofeachmultiple,andreasonswhymultiplesvaryacrossfirms,bethoroughlyunderstood.Nationaldifferencesinaccountingprinciplesareonesourceofcross-countryvariationsintheseratios.问题补充:这段续上:Finally,allfourstagesofbusinessanalysismaybeaffectedby:i.informationaccess,ii.timelinessofinformationiii.foreigncurrencyissuesiv.differencesinfinancialstatementformatsv.languageandterminologybarriers.3.对流行的有效市场假说的一个解释是,信息一旦公开,市场对此就会充分地加以反映。因此,利用可以公开获得的信息(如公司公布的账目)进行基本财务分析,绝不可能打败市场。为什么这一假说在美国可能比在其它国际资本市场更能站得住脚?答:Informationaccessibilityisamajorconditionforanefficientcapitalmarket,thatis,informationmustberapidlyanalyzedandmadeavailabletoinvestorscapableofactingonit.IntheUnitedStatesandotherbroadly-basedfinancialmarkets,awholeindustryspecializingininformationanalysisanddisseminationhasdeveloped.Similarinvestmentanalysisservicesinmanynon-U.S.capitalmarketsareatanearlierstageofdevelopment.